US Military Official: The int'l Coalition Killed 50 Thousand Daesh In The Latest Fighting In Syria and Iraq

BAGHDAD / NINA / A US military official said the international coalition against Daesh killed at least fifty thousand members of the organization in Syria and Iraq during the recent fighting in Mosul and Raqqa. Western media quoted the official in the US Department of Defense, who did not want to be identified, as he confirmed the importance of the most effective campaign strikes at all, in light of the few number of civilian casualties compared to previous bombing campaigns. " The US official stressed that "the coalition is committed to a more lenient rules on the number of civilian casualties, which can be accepted, if the military target justify it." / end